Minutes of meeting: Acquisition and Collection Development Section, 23 June 2025

Abstract

The agenda for the 23 June 2025 meeting included: Welcome and introductions (by Lilly Ho) 5 mins; Approval of minutes of ACD Business Meeting, 13 November 2024 (by Lilly Ho) 2 mins; Get to Know You (New Members Section) (by Lilly Ho) 15 mins; Scope of ACD and structure; IFLA Standing Committee members responsibilities; Existing members to share experience to incoming members; Officers (Chair, Secretary, Information Coordinator); Working Group co-leads: Open Access working group (Lidia and Michael), DEI working group (Anna and Nancy); Convenor of LIBPUB and LGBTQ Users Group; Other Standing Committee members; Q&A from incoming members; Division F updates (by Samira Zahra) 3 mins; ACD Section updates (by Lilly Ho) 5 mins; Election outcome: membership Status (incoming & outgoing); Outcome of Professional Section Committee Review; Review of ACD Guidelines; Highlights of 2023-2025 action plan (by Lilly Ho, David) 10 mins; Overview of current action plan and next steps; What needs to be finalized before the Congress? What should be carried forward to the next action plan? What areas require further review or discussion? IFLA WLIC updates 5 mins; ACD Open Session (Michael, Lidia); ACD Business Meeting (Lilly); ACD Social Activities (David); LGBTQ SIG updates (by Thomas) 3 mins; Library Publishing SIG updates (by Jane) 3 mins; ACD Activity (feedback on committee) with Whiteboard (Lilly, Elma) 6 mins; What could we improve or do better? What is already working well? Other business: Q&A 3 mins.